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Structure your ISO 9001 Documentation QMS
The documentation is possibly the important part of Quality System Standard. It helps to manifold and provide evidence that you have achieved the objectives and goals of ISO 9001 Certification. The benefit of documentation is that it exhibits that the policies of QMS are infringed in the operational system. During the documentation you must emphasize on focusing on efficiency and create documents according to the viability of your firm.
How to structure your ISO 9001-QMS Documentation?
The international standard ISO 9001 for Quality Management System requires proficient dimensioning of documentation. Below given are some considerations to structure the QMS documentation.
- Quality Manual: The manual shall depend upon factors like size of organization, complexity of the firm, number of employees etc. Large organization will have a lengthy manual and smaller one might complete their manual in one page. The manual shall include the quality policy. Apart from this some other necessary elements that must be included in manual are-
- Tile and table of content
- Scope of QMS
- QMS description
- Business process model
- Responsibilities of each personnel
- Quality Policy: As the name defines, a quality policy is the declaration by the company. It shall speak that company will commit to continual improvement. The organization states its quality objectives in their quality policy.
- Quality Procedures: The quality procedures can be drawn in different formats. It can be in narrative way, tables, illustrations or combination of all of them. the elements of Quality Procedure include-
- Title
- Purpose
- Scope
- Responsibilities of each employee
- Records
- Document Control
- Description of activities
- Appendices (if required)
- Work Instruction: Working instructions can be a part of procedure; also they are similar to procedures. But they in this, the company must note the in depth description on the activities to be performed and actualized.
Proper documentation will to add effectiveness in the quality management system.
by siscertifications on 2021-02-06 01:44:14
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